1 LOUISE M. EGERTON-WARBURTON

Curriculum Vitae

Chicago Botanic Garden Phone: 847.835.6915 1000 Lake Cook Rd Fax: 847.835.5484 Glencoe IL 60022 [email protected]

EDUCATION: Fulbright Postdoctoral Fellow University of California, 1994- Soil and fungal ecology Riverside 1997

Ph.D., Environmental Biology Curtin University of 1994 Dissertation: Soil-plant relationships of Eucalyptus species Technology, Australia in acidic coal mining soils. Adviser: Byron B. Lamont

B.S., Biology (Highest Honors) Curtin University of 1989 Minor: Statistics Technology, Australia

B.S., Nursing Western Australian School 1984 Clinical specialty: Operating Theater of Nursing

APPOINTMENTS: Director and Coordinator, Research Experiences for Chicago Botanic Garden 2004- Undergraduates (REU) site in Plant Conservation and 2010 Biology Adjunct Professor of Biology Northwestern University 2003- present Conservation Scientist, Chicago Botanic Garden 2001- Soil and Microbial Ecology, and present Manager, Soil Sciences Program Assistant Researcher, University of California, 1999- Soil Microbial Ecology Riverside 2001

Post-doctoral Research Fellow, University of Melbourne, 1998- Cell & Molecular Biology, Nanotechnology Australia 1999

TEACHING APPOINTMENTS: Instructor, §Field and Lab Methods in Conservation Northwestern University 2009- Biology (PBC499) present Instructor, §Soils and Environment (PBC448), Northwestern University 2008- Fall quarter present Guest lecturer, Introductory Mycology University of Wisconsin, 2008 Winter quarter Madison 2 Guest lecturer, §Ecosystem Ecology (PBC442) Northwestern University 2007 Offered Fall quarter Instructor, §Soil Ecology (PBC440), Fall quarter Northwestern University 2006- 2008 Instructor, *Field Botany and Ecology Chicago Botanic Garden- 2004 Loyola University certificate program Guest Lecturer, §Natural Resources 410 University of Illinois, 2004 Urbana-Champaign Guest Lecturer, *Biology 290: Research in Biology Oakton Community College 2002- 2003 Instructor, §Horticultural Botany Curtin University of 1993 Technology, Australia Teaching Assistant, *Ecology, *Plant Biology, §Plant Curtin University of 1988- Physiology, *Biometry, *Animal Biology, §Horticultural Technology, Australia 1994 Botany Teaching Assistant, *Botany Edith Cowan University, 1992- Australia 1993 *Lower division course; § upper division or graduate course.

ADDITIONAL PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE: Registered Nurse Kellerberrin Memorial 1987 Hospital, Australia Registered Nurse Kalgoorlie Regional 1985- Hospital, Australia 1987 Nursing practicum Royal Perth Hospital, 1981- Australia 1984

AWARDS, HONORS AND FELLOWSHIPS: BBSRC Post-doctoral Fellowship Cambridge University, England (declined) 1995- 1998 Fulbright Fulbright Post-doctoral Australian- American Education Foundation 1994- Fellowship 1997

The David Goodchild Prize for Australian Society for Electron Microscopy 1994 Biological Microscopy For outstanding contributions to biological electron microscopy by a young investigator. The Australian Mining Industry Australian Mining Industry Council 1992 Council Medal for Environmental For outstanding contributions to restoration Research practices by a young investigator. Commonwealth Forestry Graduate Australian government, national competitive 1990- Research Fellowship grant program 1993 Australian Research Council Graduate Australian government, national competitive 1990- Scholarship grant program (declined) 1993 3 Graduated first in class in the Environmental Biology (Honors) program 1989

Australian Minerals Consolidated Prize Academic merit prize- best senior student 1989 Alcoa of Australia Prize Academic merit prize- best junior student 1988 Worsely Alumina Prize Academic merit prize- best sophomore student 1987

COMPETITIVE GRANTS AWARDED: American Petrochemical Companies Research Award, ‘Survey and characterization of 2012- fungal bound lipids from an organic geochemical perspective (co-PI, $100,000) 2014 Northwestern University Initiative for Sustainability and Energy, ‘Fungal macromolecular 2011 products as potential novel biofuel source’ (Co-PI, $45,000) Northwestern University Initiative for Sustainability and Energy, ‘Fungal macromolecules 2010 in C-sequestration and facilitating electron transfer (Co-PI, $50,000) NSF, Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) Site, Plant Biology and 2007- Conservation: Genes to ecosystems (PI, $272,000) 2010 Chicago Wilderness Small Grants Program, The role of mycorrhizal fungi in the 2006- invasion of exotic plant species in prairies (PI, $15,000) 2007 NSF, Integrative Graduate Education and Research Traineeship (IGERT), Ecology at the 2006- Urban Interface 2006-2011 with the University of Illinois (Core faculty, ~$3,000,000) 2011 NASA Commercialization Grant, Polarization sensing of fertilization effects, with 2005 Containerless Research, Inc., Evanston, IL (Co-PI, $100,000) National Council on Science for Sustainable Forestry, Biodiversity implications of post- 2004- fire recovery strategies in the California chaparral (PI, $50,000) 2005 NSF, Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) Site, Plant Conservation and 2004- Biology (Co-PI, $234,008) 2006

USDA Forest Services, National Urban Council Forestry Advisory Committee 2003- Anthropogenic nitrogen deposition and mycorrhizae in urban and rural forests (PI, 2005 $102,520) NSF, SBIR Phase I, Polarization sensing of stress levels in vegetation, with Containerless 2003 Research, Evanston, IL (Co-PI, $100,000). NSF, SGER, Immediate post-fire response of soil biological and pedogenic 2003 properties at the San Dimas lysimeters biosequence, with Robert C. Graham (University of California) and Paul F. Hendrix (University of Georgia; co-PI , $52,000) University of California Shipley-Skinner Endowment, ‘Co-adaptation 2001 between plants and their mycorrhizae, (Co-PI, $26,500) Australian Research Council, ‘Mycorrhizae and the restoration of terrestrial orchids’, 2000- (PI, $185,000) 2003 NSF, ‘Common mycorrhizal networks: active or passive channels? Collaborator with The 1998- University of California, Davis, and Southern Oregon University ( ~$3,400,000) 2004

JOURNAL PUBLICATIONS: 4 Querejeta, J.I., Egerton-Waburton, L.M., Prieto, I., Vargas, R., Allen, M.F. (2012). Changes in soil hyphal abundance and viability can alter the patterns of hydraulic redistribution by plant roots. Plant and Soil 355: 63-73.

Querejeta, Egerton-Warburton, L.M., and Allen, M.F. (2009). Differential access to groundwater modulates the mycorrhizal responsiveness of oaks to inter-annual rainfall variability in a California woodland. Ecology 90: 649-662.

Egerton-Warburton, L.M., Querejeta, J.I., and Allen, M.F. (2008). Efflux of hydraulically lifted water by mycorrhizal hyphae during imposed drought. Plant Signaling and Behavior 3: 68-71. Invited paper.

Egerton-Warburton, L.M., Johnson, N.C., and Allen, E.B. (2007). Mycorrhizal community dynamics following nitrogen fertilization: a cross-site test in five grasslands. Ecological Monographs 77: 527-544.

Egerton-Warburton, L.M., Querejeta, J.I., and Allen, M.F. (2007). Common mycorrhizal networks provide a potential pathway for the transfer of hydraulically lifted water between plants. Journal of Experimental Botany 58: 1473-1483.

Plamboek, A.H., Dawson, T.E., Egerton-Warburton, L.M., North, M., Bruns, T.D., and Querejeta, J.I. (2007). Water transfer via ectomycorrhizal fungal hyphae to conifer seedlings. Mycorrhiza 17: 439-447.

Querejeta, J.I., Egerton-Warburton, L.M., and Allen, M.F. (2007). Soil hyphal dynamics in a California coast live oak woodland during extreme summer drought. Soil Biology and Biochemistry 39: 409-417.

Treseder, K.K., Egerton-Warburton, L.M., Allen, M.F., Cheng, Y., and Oechel, W.C. (2003). Alteration of soil carbon pools and communities of mycorrhizal fungi in a chaparral community

exposed to elevated CO2. Ecosystems 6: 786-796.

Allen, E.B., Allen, M.F., Egerton-Warburton, L.M., Corkidi, L., & Gomez-Pompa, A. (2003). Impacts of early- and late-seral mycorrhizae during restoration in seasonal tropical forest, Mexico. Ecological Applications 13: 1701-1717.

Allen, M.F., Swenson, W., Querejeta, J.I., Egerton-Warburton, L.M., & Treseder, K.K. (2003). Ecology of mycorrhizae: a conceptual framework for complex interactions among plants and fungi. Annual Review of Phytopathology 41: 271-303. Invited review.

Johnson, N.C., Rowland, D.L., Corkidi, L., Egerton-Warburton, L.M., & Allen, E.B. (2003). Nitrogen enrichment alters mycorrhizal allocation at five mesic to semiarid grasslands. Ecology 84: 1895-1900.

Egerton-Warburton, L.M., Graham, R.C., and Hubbert, K.R. (2003). Spatial variability in mycorrhizal hyphae and nutrient and water availability in a soil weathered bedrock profile. Plant and Soil 249: 331-342.

Querejeta, J.I., Egerton-Warburton, L.M., and Allen, M.F. (2003). Direct nocturnal water transfer from oaks to their mycorrhizal symbionts during severe soil drying. Oecologia 134: 55-64. [Featured in Science, 24 October, 2002] 5

Egerton-Warburton, L.M., Graham, R.C., Allen, E.B, and Allen, M.F. (2001). Reconstruction of the historical changes in mycorrhizal fungal communities under anthropogenic nitrogen deposition. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London, Series B 268: 2479-2484.

Egerton-Warburton, L.M., and Allen, M.F. (2001). Endo- and ectomycorrhizae in Quercus agrifolia Nee. (Fagaceae): patterns of root colonization and effects on seedling growth. Mycorrhiza 11: 283-290.

Egerton-Warburton, L.M., and Ghisalberti, E.L. (2001). Isolation and structural identification of a germination inhibitor in fire-recruiters from the California chaparral. Journal of Chemical Ecology 27: 371-382.

Egerton-Warburton, L.M., and Allen, E.B. (2000). Shifts in the diversity of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi along an anthropogenic nitrogen deposition gradient. Ecological Applications 10: 484- 496.

Tieu, A., and Egerton-Warburton, L.M. (2000). Contrasting seed morphology dynamics in relation to the alleviation of dormancy with soil storage. Canadian Journal of Botany 78: 1187-1198.

Allen, M.F., Egerton-Warburton, L.M., Allen, E.B. and Karen, Ô. (1999). Mycorrhizae in Adenostoma fasciculatum Hook. & Arn.: a combination of unusual ecto- and endo- forms. Mycorrhiza 8: 225- 228.

Egerton-Warburton, L.M. (1998). A smoke-induced alteration of the sub-testa cuticle in seeds of the post-fire recruiter, Emmenanthe penduliflora Benth. (Hydrophyllaceae). Journal of Experimental Botany 49: 1317-1327.

Egerton-Warburton, L.M., Balsamo, R.A., and Close, T.J. (1997). Temporal accumulation and ultrastructural localization of dehydrins in Zea mays L. Physiologia Plantarum 101: 545-555.

Egerton-Warburton, L.M., Ghisalberti, E.L., and Burton, N.C. (1998). Intergeneric hybridism in Chamelaucium and Verticordia (Myrtaceae) based on analysis of essential oils and morphology. Australian Journal of Botany 46: 201-208.

Egerton-Warburton, L.M., Ghisalberti, E.L., and Considine, J.A. (1998). Infraspecific variability of the volatile leaf oils in Chamelaucium uncinatum Schauer (Myrtaceae). Biochemical Systematics and Ecology 26: 873- 888.

Egerton-Warburton, L.M., West, M.M., and Lott, J.N.A. (1997). Conservative allocation of globoid-held mineral nutrients in seeds of Banksia grandis Willd. (Proteaceae). Canadian Journal of Botany 75: 1951-1956.

Egerton-Warburton, L.M. (1995). An absence of ecotype evolution in three Eucalyptus species colonizing coal mine soils with low pH and high aluminium content. Water, Air and Soil Pollution 83: 335-349.

Egerton-Warburton, L.M., and Griffin, B.J. (1995). Differential tolerance of Pisolithus tinctorius isolates to aluminum in vitro. Canadian Journal of Botany 73: 1229-1233.

6 Egerton-Warburton, L.M., Griffin, B.J., and Kuo, J. (1995). Reserves of aluminium and mineral nutrients in seeds of Eucalyptus calophylla (Myrtaceae) with reference to the globoid inclusions. Seed Science Research 5: 53-57.

Egerton-Warburton, L.M., and Griffin, B.J. (1994). Levels of mineral nutrients in fresh- and frozen bulk hydrated biological specimens: a comparison of EDS data collected in the Environmental SEM and a conventional cryo-SEM. Micron 25: 607-612. Invited Paper

Egerton-Warburton, L.M., Griffin, B.J., and Kuo, J. (1993). Microanalytical studies of metal localization in biological tissues by Environmental SEM. Microscopy Research and Technique 25: 406- 411. Invited Paper

Egerton-Warburton, L.M., Kuo, J., Griffin, B.J., and Lamont, B.B. (1993). The effect of aluminium on the distribution of calcium, magnesium and phosphorus in mycorrhizal and non- mycorrhizal seedlings of Eucalyptus rudis: a cryo-microanalytical study. Plant and Soil 156: 481-484.

Egerton-Warburton, L.M., Griffin, B.J., and Lamont, B.B. (1992). Localization of aluminum and manganese in reproductive tissues of eucalypts by Environmental SEM indicates a basis for pre-emergent selection. Journal of Computer-Assisted Microscopy 4: 205-211. Invited Paper.

In Preparation Sollenberger, D., *Kadlec, C., and Egerton-Warburton, L.M. Manipulating soil resource availability in a tallgrass restoration improves plant functional diversity. For submission to Ecological Applications. * Undergraduate student co-author

Egerton-Warburton, L.M., Lussenhop, J., and BassiriRad, H. Differential uptake of organic and mineral nitrogen sources in ectomycorrhizal Quercus. For submission to New Phytologist.

BOOK CHAPTERS: Allen, E.B., Querejeta, J.I., Vargas, R., Snyder, S.R., Egerton-Warburton, L.M., Gomez-Pompa, A., and Allen, M.F. (2008). Restoration and mycorrhiza in seasonal tropical forest: fungal species composition, carbon accumulation, and water relations. In: Tropical Restoration for the New Millennium. UNAM Press, Mexico City. Invited.

Allen, M.F, Chrisafulli, C., Morris, S.J., Egerton-Warburton, L.M., MacMahon, J., and Trappe, J.M. (2005). Mycorrhizae and Mt. St. Helens- the story of a symbiosis. In: Ecological responses to the 1980 Eruption of Mt St. Helens. Eds. V. Dale, F. Swanson, C. Chrisafulli. Springer, New York. Pp. 221-232. Invited.

Jumpponen, A., and Egerton-Warburton, L.M. (2005). Mycorrhizal fungi in successional environments- a community assembly model incorporating host plant, environmental and biotic filters. In: The Fungal Community: its organization and role in the ecosystem. Eds. J. Dighton, P. Oudemans, and J. White. Invited.

Egerton-Warburton, L.M., Querejeta, J.I., Finkelman, S.L., and Allen, M.F. (2005). Soil Biology: Mycorrhizal Fungi. In: Encyclopedia of Soils in the Environment (Ed. D. Hillel, K. Scow and others). Invited.

Allen, E.B., Sirulnik, A.G., Egerton-Warburton, L.M, Kee, S.N., Bytnerowicz, A., Padgett, P.E., Temple P.J., Fenn, M., Poth, M.A., and Meixner, T. (2005). Air pollution and vegetation change in southern California coastal sage scrub: a comparison with chaparral and coniferous forest. In: 7 Planning for Biodiversity: Bringing Research and Management Together. Eds. B. E. Kus and J.L. Byers. USDA Forest Service General Technical Report PSW-GTR-195. December, 2005. pp. 79-96.

Egerton-Warburton, L.M., Allen, E.B., and Allen, M.F. (2002). Diversity and conservation of

mycorrhizal fungal communities under elevated atmospheric CO2 and anthropogenic nitrogen deposition. In: Microorganisms in Plant Conservation and Diversity. (Eds K. Sivasithamparam, K.W. Dixon and R. Barrett.). pp. 19-43. Kluwer Academic Press, Dordrecht. Invited.

Egerton-Warburton, L.M., and Griffin, B.J. (1999). Nutrients: a sparse resource. Toxicities (serpentine soils and mine tailings). In: Plants in Action: Adaptation in Nature, Performance in Cultivation. (Eds Atwell, B.J., Kriedemann, P.E., & Turnbull, C.G.N.). Macmillan Education Australia, South Yarra, Victoria.

Representative Conference Presentations (career total 55): Desai, N. Wilson, A., Muller, G., and Egerton-Warburton, L.M., (2012). Mycorrhizal community structure in Quercus oleoides in a seasonally dry tropical forest. Ecological Society of America Annual Meeting, Portland, OR.

Egerton-Warburton, L.M., Querejeta, J.I., and Allen, M.F. (2011). Differences in depth to groundwater modulates the mycorrhizal responses of oak trees to interannual rainfall variability. Ecological Society of America Annual Meeting, Austin, TX. Invited Symposium presentation.

Martel, E.*, O’Shaughnessy, J., and Egerton-Warburton, L.M. (2011). Plant protection from soil pathogens by arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal communities. Ecological Society of America Annual Meeting, Austin, TX. *Undergraduate student

Pahamov, E.*, Marshall, M.*, Frederick, M.*, and Egerton-Warburton, L.M. (2010). Soil legacies differentially influence native grass establishment in a prairie restoration. Ecological Society of America Annual Meeting, Pittsburgh, PA. *Undergraduate student

Dilmukhametova, E.*, and Egerton-Warburton, L.M. (2010). Contribution of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi to soil carbon pools in restored urban grassland. Ecological Society of America Annual Meeting, Pittsburgh, PA. *Undergraduate student

DeLong, J., Swarts, N., Dixon, K.W., Zerega, N., and Egerton-Warburton, L.M. (2009). The influence of endophytic partners on patterns of weediness in a native Australian orchid, Microtis media. Ecological Society of America Annual Meeting, Albuquerque, NM.

Jilling, A.*, Umek, L., and Egerton-Warburton, L.M. (2009). Divergent soil microbial community recovery in response to contrasting restoration techniques targeted against an invasive species. Ecological Society of America Annual Meeting, Albuquerque, NM. *Undergraduate student

Querejeta, J.I., Egerton-Warburton, L.M., and Allen, M.F. (2008). Hydraulic redistribution of soil water by roots and fungal symbionts. Ecological Society of America, Annual Meeting. Invited Symposium presentation.

BassiriRad, H., Egerton-Warburton, L.M., Sehtiya, H., and Lussenhop, J. (2007). Patterns of acquisition of organic and inorganic nitrogen in ectomycorrhizal Quercus seedlings. Ecological Society of America, Annual Meeting, San Jose, CA.

Graham, R.C., Egerton-Warburton, L.M., Hendrix, P.F., Shouse, P.J., Johnson-Maynard, 8 J.L., Quideau, S.A., Sternberg, P.D., Jobes, J.A., and Breiner, J.M. (2006). Post-fire pedogenic response: Wildfire effects on the soil environment in a 60-year-old biosequence. World Congress in Soil Science, Philadelphia, PA.

Bing, C.*, Sollenberger, D., and Egerton-Warburton, L.M. (2006). Soil feedbacks during prairie ecosystem restoration. Ecological Society of America, Annual Meeting. *Undergraduate student

Kadlec, C.*, Sollenberger, D., and Egerton-Warburton, L.M. (2005). Carbon addition and its effects on soil nitrogen and prairie development. Soil Ecology Society of America Meeting, Chicago, IL, May 2005. *Undergraduate student

Querejeta, J.I., Egerton-Warburton, L.M., and Allen, M.F. (2003). Hydraulic lift: transfer of water and fluorescent tracers between plants connected by common mycorrhizal network. International Conference on Mycorrhizae (ICOM 4), Montreal Canada. Invited paper, and lecture.

Egerton-Warburton, L.M., Querejeta, J.I., and Allen, M.F. (2002). Hydraulic lift and mycorrhizae sustain mineral nutrient acquisition in dry soils. Botany 2002, Annual Meeting of the Botany Society of America, Madison, WI. Invited paper.

Allen, E.B., Egerton-Warburton, Sigüenza, C., Sirulnik, A.G. and Padgett, P.E. (2001). Effects of N deposition on plants and soil microorganisms on an urban to rural gradient in southern California. Nitrogen 2001 Conference, Baltimore MD, October 2001. Invited paper.

GRADUATE STUDENTS ADVISED AND DESTINATIONS: Lauren Umek M.S., May 2007 Ph.D. program, Plant Biology, Northwestern University Northwestern University. Progressed to Candidacy, July 2012 Kara Borden M.S., June 2007 Instructor, Peggy Notaebert Nature Museum, Chicago Joseph Gawronski- M.S., June 2008 Ph.D. program, Environmental Science, Salerno Northwestern University SUNY ESF, Syracuse

Rachel Gross M.S., August 2008 Environmental Consultancy, Wisconsin Northwestern University

Zaid McKee-Krisberg M.S., July 2009 Ph.D. program, Biology, Temple University, PA Jonathon De Long M.S., October 2009 Ph.D. student, Swedish Agricultural Northwestern University University, Uppsala, Sweden

Duane Ambroz M.S., June 2010 Data manager Northwestern University Robert Hevey M.S. In progress Northwestern University

Nikhail Desai M.S. In progress, expected September 2012 Northwestern University 9 Benjamin Morgan Ph.D., Northwestern In progress, commenced Fall 2011 University Corey Palmer M.S. In progress, commenced Fall 2011 Northwestern University

UNDERGRADUATE INTERNS ADVISED AND DESTINATIONS: ‡ Ector Martell- Pina REU Intern 2010 University of Texas, El Paso, B.S. completed; M.S. program, University of Texas, El Paso ‡Viviana Penuela REU Intern 2010 Senior, University of Florida, B.S. program Hannah Spungen REU Intern 2010 B.S. (Biology) 2012 *Merry Marshall REU Intern 2009 B.S. (Biology) 2010; Conservation and Land Management Internship Program Andrea Jilling REU intern 2008 B.S. (Botany) 2010 Adam Kahn REU intern 2008 B.S. (Biology, Rabbinical studies) 2010. Albert Einstein College of Medicine Robert Welter REU intern 2008 B.S. (Biology) 2009; Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute Jonathon De Long REU intern 2006 M.S. Plant Conservation and Biology, Northwestern University; Ph.D. program Swedish Agricultural University

Christopher Bing REU Intern 2005 M.S. Science/Math Education, University of California, Berkeley Cynthia Kadlec REU intern 2004 Forest Preserve District of Cook County

§Andrew Piotrowski, Research intern Ph.D. Biochemistry, University of Illinois, 2003-2004 Chicago, 2009

HIGH SCHOOL INTERNS ADVISED AND DESTINATIONS:

‡Vanessa Duran Summer 2012 High school Seniors *Deisy Williamson *Brandon Radford Summer 2011 Brandon Radford, B.S. program, University ‡Vanessa Duran of Miami ‡Michele Rodriguez Summer 2010 High school Juniors *Brandon Radford ‡Marisol Del Gado Summer 2009 Jesse Guererra, B.S. program, University of §‡Jesse Guererra Wisconsin, Whitewater Marisol Del Gado, College First (CBG) program assistant *Emma Garl Smith Summer intern, B.A., Middlebury College, 2010 2005- 2007 10 *Odmaa Grommenos Summer 2008 Maria Claudia Galvéz, B.S. program, ‡§Maria Claudia Galvéz Environmental Science, University of *§Patrick Smith Illinois Patrick Smith, B.S. program, Biology *§Noelle Williams Summer 2007 B.S. program, University of Illinois- Urbana Champaign §Shirley Dehn Summer 2005 2006: Northwestern University Summer Science Acceleration Program 2007: B.S. (Biochemistry) program, Knox College on Full scholarship *Stormie O'Neill Summer 2004 All applied to B.S. programs; no further *Sheira Dawkins records. ‡Norah Vasquez *African-American ‡Hispanic §First in family to pursue college degree

SERVICE TO THE SCIENTIFIC COMMUNITY: Mentoring: Research Experiences for Undergraduates Program Director and 2003- 2010 mentor to 12 undergraduates (4 Hispanic; 3African American; 8 women) in contemporary issues in soil ecology. Results of these studies have been presented at national meetings, e.g., Ecological Society of America, Soil Ecology Society.

Mentor to 20 high school students (7 Hispanic; 12 African American) through the 2003- present Chicago Botanic Garden's College First program. The program is designed to recruit inner city high school students with an interest in science, and provide them with 10 weeks of research experience, extra classes, and life skills to help them achieve a college placement.

Role model for ‘Future Unlimited: Careers in Science and 2003- 2004, Mathematics for Women’, a workshop and forum for young women in and 2007 high school intending to pursue a career in science, Oakton Community College.

Mentor of high school student, Ms. Sydney Kim, John North High School, 2000 Riverside, for the California Science Olympiad. Ms. Kim qualified for the California State Finals.

Committee service: Plant Biology and Conservation Graduate Studies Committee, 2008- 2009 Northwestern University Chair, Soil Science searches, Chicago Botanic Garden 2004-present Western Australian Society for Electron Microscopy, elected to committee 1993-1995

Reviewer of Grants: National Science Foundation 1998- present US Department of Agriculture 1997- 1998

Panel service: National Science Foundation Fall Panel member, EPE 2007 11 National Science Foundation Fall Panel member, Ecosystems 2008 National Science Foundation Spring Panel member, Ecosystems 2009-2011

Judge for: Chicago Area Undergraduate Research Symposium 2007- present Ecological Society of America Buell-Braun Award 2000- present

Manuscript Reviewer for the following journals: American Midlands Naturalist Journal of Ecology Annals of Botany* Microbial Ecology* Annales Botanici Fennici Microscopy & Microanalysis Aquatic Botany Mycological Research* Arctic, Antarctic & Alpine Research Mycorrhiza* Applied Soil Ecology* New Phytologist* Australian Journal of Botany* NorthWest American Naturalist Biotropica NorthWest Science Canadian Journal of Botany* Oecologia Ecography Plant & Soil* Ecological Applications* Protoplasma Ecology* Restoration Ecology* Journal of Applied Ecology Soil Biology & Biochemistry Journal of Arid Environments Water, Air & Soil Pollution Journal of Chemical Ecology Vadose Zone Journal * Denotes reviews undertaken on multiple occasions per year or successive years

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS: The Mycological Society of America The Microscopy Society of America The Ecological Society of America The Soil Science Society of America The Australian Society for Electron Microscopy The Fulbright Association Alumni- Australian and American Chapters